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Life & Chemistry

Engineering Genetic Circuits: Advancements in Synthetic Biology

By applying engineering principles to biological systems where a set of components can evolve into networks that display desired behaviors – known as synthetic…

Studies and Analyses

Warm TV: Combating Loneliness Through Innovative Design

Not all technology meets human needs, and some technologies provide only the illusion of having met your needs. But new research by psychologists at the…

Life & Chemistry

German Researchers Identify Key Causes of Bacterial Infections

Now, researchers of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch in Germany…

Studies and Analyses

Maintaining Love After Marriage: Keys to Lasting Connection

Will the partner who supports your hopes and aspirations while you are dating also help you fulfill important responsibilities and obligations that come with…

Information Technology

NIST Unveils New Error-Suppression Method for Quantum Computers

The new error-suppression method, described in the April 23 issue of Nature,* was demonstrated using an array of about 1,000 ultracold beryllium ions…

Event News

University of the Greater Region: A New Era for Cross-Border Study

Media representatives are cordially invited to attend (prior registration requested).Facilitating cross-border studying and research is the common goal of the…

Earth Sciences

Researchers report 'moderately large' potential for red tide outbreak in Gulf of Maine region

The potential for an outbreak of the phenomenon commonly called “red tide” is expected to be “moderately large” this spring and summer, according to…

Health & Medicine

Eating fatty fish once a week reduces men's risk of heart failure

Eating salmon or other fatty fish just once a week helped reduce men's risk of heart failure, adding to growing evidence that omega-3 fatty acids are of…

Health & Medicine

Double-Lung Transplants: Key to Longer Survival Rates

Having both lungs replaced instead of just one is the single most important feature determining who lives longest after having a lung transplant, more than…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Dengue Virus Could Lead to Effective Therapies

Now, researchers have identified cellular components in mosquitoes and in humans that dengue virus uses to multiply inside these hosts after infecting them….

Life & Chemistry

100 Questions to Conserve Global Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Some of the questions include: 'are there critical thresholds at which loss of biodiversity disrupts ecosystem functions and services?' and 'how effective are…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin K and Sorafenib: New Hope for Cancer Treatment

A combination of sorafenib and vitamin K had an effect in vitro on both human pancreas cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma, according to researchers from the…

Physics & Astronomy

Mysterious Cosmic Blob Himiko Sheds Light on Galaxy Formation

Objects such as this one are dubbed extended Lyman-Alpha blobs; they are huge bodies of gas that may be precursors to galaxies. This blob was named Himiko for…

Corporate News

Siemens Launches Wastewater Treatment System for Power Plants

The wastewater treatment system will remove suspended solids and heavy metals from the scrubber waste stream so the water can be safely discharged. Siemens’…

Information Technology

New 167-Processor Chip Boosts Speed and Energy Efficiency

The chip is designed for digital signal processing. While not the principal kind of processor chip used in desktop computers, digital signal processing chips…

Health & Medicine

Promising New Treatment for Recurrent Gynecologic Cancers

Recurrent and metastatic endometrial and ovarian cancers can be notoriously difficult to treat: They have spread to other organs and typically have developed…

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